Politicians invariably respond to crises -- that in most cases they themselves created -- by spawning new government programs, laws and regulations. These, in turn, generate more havoc and poverty, which inspires the politicians to create more programs . . . and the downward spiral repeats itself until the productive sectors of the economy collapse" - Moral of "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand reprinted from the WSJ

Friday, August 31, 2007

The fake emails keep streaming in

I just received the following email from a former co-worker (below). At an age where 95% of the mail we receive from forwards are fake, we have to be very cautious of these emails we receive even if we agree with its premise. Our fervor to concur with emails with which we assent makes us automatically ready for the "gullible of the year" award. We so want to agree with its content, we never question the authenticity of the email. I always tell my daughter when reviewing for her tests to ask the questions Where? What? When? Who? and Why? the five Ws.

I speak and write fluent Spanish, so I was able to analyze the email. The first item that caught my eye is it references a Spanish newspaper but never specifies which one. I read a lot of foreign newspapers and magazines, and in my blog entries I always specify to which newspaper I am referring. Any journalist would do the same to give proper credit.

I actually agreed with the content of the article, but it still rang untrue that it came from a Spanish newspaper. Spanish newspapers tend to lean to the left and even though there are some Spanish writers who will write the truth about what is going on in Western Europe, the majority tend to lean left. I searched www.snoops.com and did not find it written up as a hoax, but that did not mean it was not a hoax, so I continued my research. When I googled the author's name, in this case Sebastian Vilar Rodriguez, I only found his name about this specific article and in English, he did not show up anywhere else as he certainly would have if he existed. I should have been able to put the name Sebasitian Vilar in Google, and see the newspaper for which he works; none came up. I searched in every major newspaper in Spain and could not find his name. However, I am amazed that this particular article showed up in many reputable on-line sources such as Frontpage magazine which they have since taken down. I know this because when you google it - it comes up. You cannot take down the google entry. It did not take much effort to demonstrate the dubious authenticity of this email. Frontpage magazine www.frontpagemag.com should have done the same. Unless someone can prove to me otherwise, this is a fake.

If you want to know what is happening to the Demographics in Europe as a result of the immigration of the Islamic population, I suggest you read, America Alone by Mark Steyn

The email you might receive is as follows:

SPANISH NEWSPAPER ARTICLE. KEEP IT FOREMOST IN YOUR THINKING THAT THIS WAS WRITTEN BY A SPANISH WRITER ABOUT SPAIN AND EUROPE. ALL EUROPEAN LIFE DIED IN AUSCHWITZ By Sebastian Vilar Rodrigez(*)

I walked down the street in Barcelona, and suddenly discovered a terrible truth - Europe died in Auschwitz. We killed six million Jews and replaced them with 20 million Muslims. In Auschwitz we burned a culture, thought, creativity, talent. We destroyed the chosen people, truly chosen, because they produced great and wonderful people who changed the world.

The contribution of this people is felt in all areas of life: science, art, international trade, and above all, as the conscience of the world. These are the people we burned.

And under the pretense of tolerance, and because we wanted to prove to ourselves that we were cured of the disease of racism, we opened our gates to 20 million Muslims, who brought us stupidity and ignorance, religious extremism and lack of tolerance, crime and poverty, due to an unwillingness to work and support their families with pride.

They have turned our beautiful Spanish cities into the third world, drowning in filth and crime.

Shut up in the apartments they receive free from the government, they plan the murder and destruction of their naive hosts.

And thus, in our misery, we have exchanged culture for fanatical hatred, creative skill for destructive skill, intelligence for backwardness and superstition.

We have exchanged the pursuit of peace of the Jews of Europe and their talent for hoping for a better future for their children, their determined clinging to life because life is holy, for those who pursue death, for people consumed by the desire for death for themselves and others, for our children and theirs.

5 comments:

The name is obviously a nom de plume for only this one article. The paper never existed although it was posted first in a Cuban-American website. But that does not matter; what is important is that the article is accurate no matter its provenance.

The article in question was written in 2004, which was before Obama was received his Nobel Peace Price.

It is interesting that during WWII most if not all Muslim countries aligned themselves with Germany, but then they all had a common goal. If you looked at the census data from before WWII and after WWII you will find that before the war started on average all Muslim countries in the middle east had a Jewish population of about 20%. After the war it was less than 5%.